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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-93485

WordPress 7.1.1 Maintenance and Security Release

Published Sep 18, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 18, 2026 · WordPress WordPress

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-93485. EPSS is 0.35%. Act only if a listed version of WordPress WordPress is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.35%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
Debian:12 wordpress · Debian:13 wordpress · Debian:14 wordpress

WordPress 7.1.1 landed on 17 September 2026. It’s a security and maintenance release with 11 security fixes and 17 Core bug fixes. The headline issue is an unauthenticated stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wpautop(), the function that turns line breaks into paragraphs on nearly every piece of content WordPress renders. Patchstack customers are protected […]

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • Debian:12 wordpress6.1.1+dfsg1-1, 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1, 6.1.9+dfsg1-0+deb12u1
  • Debian:13 wordpress0 → 6.8.10+dfsg1-0+deb13u1
  • Debian:14 wordpress0 → 7.1.1+dfsg1-1

How to fix CVE-2026-93485

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-93485. EPSS is 0.35%. Act only if a listed version of WordPress WordPress is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with 6.1.1+dfsg1-1, 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1, 6.1.9+dfsg1-0+deb12u1, 0 → 6.8.10+dfsg1-0+deb13u1, 0 → 7.1.1+dfsg1-1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.35%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Debian securityWordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 18, 2026 · Patchstack Database

    Detected

    WordPress 7.1.1 landed on 17 September 2026. It’s a security and maintenance release with 11 security fixes and 17 Core bug fixes. The headline issue is an unauthenticated stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wpautop(), the function that turns line breaks into paragraphs on nearly every piece of content WordPress renders. Patchstack customers are protected […]

  2. Oct 18, 2026 · Trivy Vulnerability DB

    Fix available

    wordpress fixed in 6.8.10+dfsg1-0+deb13u1; wordpress fixed in 7.1.1+dfsg1-1

  3. Oct 18, 2026 · Trivy Vulnerability DB

    Fix available

    wordpress fixed in 6.8.10+dfsg1-0+deb13u1

  4. Oct 18, 2026 · Trivy Vulnerability DB

    Fix available

    wordpress fixed in 7.1.1+dfsg1-1

  5. Oct 18, 2026 · Trivy Vulnerability DB

    Updated

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress wordpress allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects WordPress: from n/a through 7.1.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-93485

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-93485

    30-day exploitation probability 0.4%

    first.org
  • Patchstack DatabaseVendor advisoryCVE-2026-93485

    WordPress 7.1.1 landed on 17 September 2026. It’s a security and maintenance release with 11 security fixes and 17 Core bug fixes. The headline issue is an unauthenticated stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wpautop(), the function that turns line breaks into parag

    patchstack.com
  • Tenable CVE DatabaseVulnerability recordCVE-2026-93485

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress wordpress allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects WordPress: from n/a through 7.1.

    tenable.com
  • Trivy Vulnerability DBPackage advisoryDEBIAN-CVE-2026-93485

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress wordpress allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects WordPress: from n/a through 7.1.

    osv.dev

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.